Epiphany

I believe in epiphanies, visions, prophetic utterances and every other reasonably sane expression of the Divine. I don't know how you can live a life of faith if faith hasn't been indelibly etched in you.I have found the Western World to be more pragmatic than principled.

I stopped being an Agnostic on January 12, 1969, when I took LSD for the first time. I saw and sensed God that night. I know about the chemical qualities of LSD and am aware of the way it impacts the brain. There is still no quieter place than the center of an LSD experience, when the world is no longer moving and everything is clear. The light that enveloped me that night was from another place and time, and I have believed in a loving, generous God since then.

A month later, I encountered the opposite, and spent weeks trying to shake off a dark, destructive spirit I ran into tripping on "purple slabs." So the imagery was set up for me - good God, Bad spirit - out there. But how do I spend time with the good one? I reached my stress toleration point after scores of LSD trips, so I couldn't do it that way.

That has proved to be my 40 year long challenge.